Friction Mine, White Picacho Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Friction Mine | Mine |
| White Picacho Mining District | Mining District |
| Yavapai County | County |
| Arizona | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
33° 59' 13'' North , 112° 33' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Morristown | 227 (2017) | 15.9km |
| Wickenburg | 6,806 (2017) | 16.6km |
| Wittmann | 763 (2011) | 23.5km |
| Yarnell | 649 (2011) | 31.7km |
| Congress | 1,975 (2014) | 33.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wickenburg Gem and Mineral Society | Wickenburg, Arizona | 17km |
| Black Canyon City Rock Club | Black Canyon City, Arizona | 38km |
| Daisy Mountain Rock & Mineral Club | Anthem, Arizona | 40km |
Mindat Locality ID:
48005
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:48005:0
GUID (UUID V4):
b6a8b9f3-51ea-4311-8170-72bb819a1e81
A former surface Feldspar pegmatite mine located in the SE ΒΌ of te SE ΒΌ sec. 34, T.8N., R.3W.
Mineralization is a pegmatite body that appears to be a large, irregular lens, the south margin of which is concealed on the slope below the main cut. It is elongate in an east-southeasterly direction, and may have a general dip to the SW. Northwest of the cut, the pegmatite body splits into two North- to NE-trending prongs, which are separated by about 25 feet on thinly foliated quartz-mica schist. The country rock septum appears to taper downward.
A thin zone of quartz-albite-schorl-perthite pegmatite forms the border of the lens, and grades inward into a coarse-grained, perthite-rich wall zone. The intermediate zone, by far the largest unit in the pegmatite body, consists of coarse- to very coarse-grained, blocky perthite, with subordinate quartz that occurs both interstitially and as scattered irregular masses that are 2 inches (5 cm to 13 inches (32.5 cm) in maximum dimension. The core comprises numerous irregular segments of very coarse-grained anhedral quartz, the largest of which has an exposed length of 11 feet. In many places the pegmatite is transected by numerous tiny, irregular veinlets of sugary quartz, and by even thinner veinlets of fine-grained, waxy, yellowish-green muscovite. Some prisms and stubby, rounded crystals of schorl are concentrated along fractures and others are scattered irregularly through the rock.
Workings include a bench-like cut about 100 feet long, 30 feet wide and 15 feet high at the face.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| β Albite Formula: Na(AlSi3O8) |
| β 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' |
| β 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| β 'K Feldspar' Description: Perthitic. |
| β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Colour: Yellowish-green Description: Occurs as veinlets of fine-grained, waxy material. |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Description: Masses to 11 feet (3.2 meters) wide in the core zone. |
| β Schorl Formula: NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) Habit: Prismatic, stubby rounded |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Schorl | 9.CK.05 | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| β | 'Columbite-(Fe)-Columbite-(Mn) Series' | - | |
| β | 'K Feldspar' | - | |
| β | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| B | Boron | |
| B | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| O | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Na | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Al | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | β Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
| Si | β Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | β Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | β Schorl | NaFe32+Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) |
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